Senior Principal Software Engineer
Company: Northrop Grumman
Location: Fairfax
Posted on: August 6, 2022
Job Description:
Requisition ID: R10050693
- Category: Engineering
- Location: Fairfax, Virginia, United States of America
- Citizenship Required: United States Citizenship
- Clearance Type: Uncleared
- Telecommute: No- Teleworking not available for this
position
- Shift: 1st Shift (United States of America)
- Travel Required: Yes, 10% of the Time At Northrop Grumman, our
employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary
systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for
generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has
enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological
advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across
the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We
look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering
spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the
way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive
diversity and bringing your whole self to work - and we have an
insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our
employees are not only part of history, they're making history.Job
DescriptionNorthrop Grumman Space Systems Sector is looking for you
to join our team as a Senior Principal Software Engineer based out
of either, Fairfax VA, Linthicum MD, or Morrisville NC. What You'll
get to Do: We are looking for an Software Engineer familiar with
Java and/or Python who wants to work on an agile development team
using a modern development practices. You will be working on mostly
new development for a micro-service event driven architecture using
Docker Containers, Kubernetes, Helm charts and AWS services. You
will also be required to perform maintenance and sustainment
engineering for existing baselines which may require programming in
C++/C. Our small agile Scrum team is highly energized and has a
significant software effort on a growing program with a large
program impact. If this is your type of environment and you love
fast-paced software development, please consider joining our team.
This is a great opportunity for a flexible self-starter to work in
a dynamic environment with real world technical content supporting
a number of tools and systems. Plenty of opportunity for career
advancement into leadership positions. This requisition may be
filled at either a Software Engineer/ Principal Software Engineer.
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or other STEM related
degree with 9 + years of software development experience; 7 years
with a Master's; 0 years with a PhD; or 14 years of software
development experience in lieu of a degree.
- Experience with Agile software development using Java, Python
and/or C++ software development in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux
environment
- Knowledge of object oriented design and software
lifecycles
- Experience with version control software Preferred
Qualifications:
- Experience with supporting operational systems
- Experience with supporting distributed systems
- Experience with working in Virtualized Environments (VMs, AWS
Cloud Instances)
- Experience with Atlassian tools (JIRA, Confluence,
Bitbucket)
- Experience working with AWS Services
- Experience with Dockerization and Container Management (Dockers
and Kubernetes)
- Previous exposure to working with ground systems (scheduling,
tasking, antennas, working with hardware interfaces Salary Range:
$114,300 USD - $188,600 USD Employees may be eligible for a
discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are
designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow
employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President
or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In
addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including
health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings
plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation
and/or personal business. The health and safety of our employees
and their families is a top priority. The company encourages
employees to remain up-to-date on their COVID-19 vaccinations. U.S.
Northrop Grumman employees may be required, in the future, to be
vaccinated or have an approved disability/medical or religious
accommodation, pursuant to future court decisions and/or government
action on the currently stayed federal contractor vaccine mandate
under Executive Order 14042
https://www.saferfederalworkforce.gov/contractors/ .Northrop
Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce.
We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action
Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion,
creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status,
national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other
protected class. For our complete EEO/AA and Pay Transparency
statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO . U.S.
Citizenship is required for most positions.
Keywords: Northrop Grumman, Washington DC , Senior Principal Software Engineer, IT / Software / Systems , Fairfax, DC
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